Carlos Lopez-Real

Supervision offers a reflective space for coaches to pause, think more deeply about their practice, and continue developing the quality, confidence and sustainability of their work.

I work with coaches at different stages of development, from those building their practice to experienced practitioners wanting a thoughtful, supportive and constructively challenging space. Many of the coaches I support are working with themes such as career transition, leadership, education, creative practice, professional identity, resilience and change.

My approach is warm, collaborative and developmental. I tend to work in a coaching style, helping you think through the questions, patterns and dilemmas emerging in your practice, while also offering mentoring, practical perspective or theoretical framing where that feels useful. The aim is not to tell you how to coach, but to help you become more reflective, resourceful and intentional in how you work.

In supervision we might explore:

• particular client situations where you feel stuck, uncertain or curious
• ethical questions, boundaries, contracting or confidentiality
• your interventions and choices as a coach
• the relationship between you and your client
• what gets stirred in you during the work
• patterns across your coaching practice
• confidence, sustainability and professional identity
• how to develop your coaching offer or practice more broadly

My supervision practice draws on established supervision frameworks, including Brigid Proctor’s formative, restorative and normative functions of supervision, and Hawkins and Shohet’s Seven-Eyed Model. In practice, this means we can attend both to the quality of your coaching work, your ongoing development as a practitioner, and the support you need to stay resourced and grounded.

Alongside my coaching practice, I have run EMCC-accredited coach training programmes since 2016, supporting coaches at Foundation and Practitioner level. I am an EMCC Senior Practitioner coach, with substantial experience supporting coaches, educators and leaders in their professional development.

I usually offer supervision online, either as a regular monthly space or in a more flexible pattern depending on your needs. A first conversation is a chance for us to explore what you are looking for, how supervision might support you, and whether working together feels like a good fit.